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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="4-513" title_number="4" title_name="Barbers" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Barbershops and Barber Schools">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of § 4-514 of this subtitle, the Board may deny a barbershop permit to any applicant, reprimand any permit holder, or suspend or revoke a barbershop permit:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for any applicable ground under § 4-314 of this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the applicant or holder fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a barbershop permit for the applicant or holder or for another;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>if the applicant or holder fraudulently or deceptively uses a barbershop permit; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>if the holder fails to pay a civil penalty imposed by the Board under § 4-608 of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Instead of or in addition to reprimanding a permit holder or suspending or revoking a permit under this subsection, the Board may impose a penalty not exceeding $300 for all violations cited on a single date.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>To determine the amount of penalty imposed under this subsection, the Board shall consider the following:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the seriousness of the violation;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the good faith of the violator;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the violator’s history of previous violations;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>the deleterious effect of the violation on the complainant, the public, and the barber industry; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>any other factors relevant to the determination of the financial penalty.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Board shall pay any penalty collected under this subsection into the General Fund of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board shall commence proceedings under this section on a complaint to the Board by a member of the Board or any person.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A complaint shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>be in writing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>be signed by the complainant;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>state specifically the facts on which the complaint is based;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>be submitted to the Executive Director of the Board; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>be served on the person to whom it is directed:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>personally; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>by certified mail, return receipt requested, bearing a postmark from the United States Postal Service, to the person’s last known address as shown on the Board’s records.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If service is made by certified mail, the person who mails the document shall file with the Board verified proof of mailing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If a complaint is made by any person other than a member of the Board, the complaint shall be made under oath by the person who submits the complaint.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, if the Board finds that a complaint alleges facts that are adequate grounds for action under § 4-514 of this subtitle, the Board shall act on the complaint as provided under § 4-514 of this subtitle to deny, suspend, or revoke a barbershop permit, or reprimand or assess a penalty against the holder of the permit.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Board does not make the finding, the Board shall dismiss the complaint.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the Board makes the finding under subsection (d)(1) of this section for a violation that relates to the sanitary condition of the barbershop, the Board shall provide the owner of the barbershop an opportunity to correct the alleged violation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the barbershop owner fails to correct each alleged violation within 10 days of written notification by the Board, the Board shall act on the complaint as provided under § 4-514 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the barbershop owner corrects each alleged violation within 10 days of notice, the Board shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>dismiss the complaint; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>provide the barbershop owner written notification of dismissal.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
